Re: Of topic: inverts in planted tanks

[Dan Gottsegen <dgotts@earthlink.net>]

Thank, Max. I'll try there. Sounds right. Soft is what we got in these
tanks... I didn't realize that was hard on the Amano shrimp or the tiger
shrimp.

on 2/9/01 10:01 PM, Max Gallade at mgallade@hotmail.com wrote:

> Dan,
> I would check your water.It might be to soft to keep inverts alive.
> I kept  Amano shrimps in a flourite setup for years and they are doing just
> fine.They shed their shells and need calcium and other minerals to produce
> the new shell.The plant list is probably a good place to find some better
> answers to your question.i do have problems keeping Ghost shrimp alive in my
> tanks though,they taste to good:).
> HTH
> Max
> 
> 
> 
>> From: Dan Gottsegen <dgotts@earthlink.net>
>> Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
>> To: <apisto@listbox.com>
>> Subject: Of topic: inverts in planted tanks
>> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:20:38 +0000
>> 
>> I've got an off topic question. Hope this is okay. I've got four tanks of
>> varying sizes with apistos and other fish in them. All are heavily planted.
>> In two of them, however, I can not seem to keep algae eating shrimp from
>> dieing quickly. In the other two the shrimp (and snails) do fine, and keep
>> algae under control. The only difference in the two tanks (one of which
>> contains a pair of A.steindachner which I think may have just bred... no
>> fry
>> yet, but she is showing signs) is that I have fluourite in the substrate.
>> Anyone have experience that might shed some light in this? Does it contain
>> some compound that would be toxic to inverts?
>> 
>> Sorry this is off topic.
>> --
>> Daniel Gottsegen <dgotts@earthlink.net>
>> 
>> 
>> 
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